Navigating the world can be difficult for the more than 43 million people living with blindness and 295 million people living with moderate–to–severe visual impairment. One student, Hussein, has created an Artificial Eye using PictoBlox to enhance the quality of living for the visually impaired. The Artificial Eye has three modes: walking, reading, and resting. The walking mode uses Artificial Intelligence and face detection to detect people in front of them. This way they can know when to stop or keep walking.
The reading mode uses text–to–speech to read aloud the text prepared in the app. Meanwhile, the resting mode detects people around the person. Hussein has demonstrated how his Artificial Eye works on a cell Phone using PictoBlox. When in the walking mode, it detected someone in front of Hussein. In the reading mode, it read out the text, and in the resting mode, it called out when someone around was detected. This innovative project has the potential to revolutionize the lives of people living with visual impairment, making the world more accessible for them.
